Washington State Department of Agriculture

(Runtime :53)About 300,000 chickens have been euthanized at a farm in Franklin County in southeast Washington state, according to the Washington State…

Cases of avian flu among agricultural workers are raising concerns in the Northwest. The Washington State Department of Health has reported more than a dozen cases of avian flu among workers in recent months.

(Runtime :58) Washington state agriculture officials are trying to stop the spread of a deadly variant of equine herpes that’s in Spokane County. The…

Every October in the backyard of a Bothell home, a team of workers swarm around millions of blue orchard mason bees, to harvest the hibernating bees. The company, Rent Mason Bees, quickly takes apart and cleans the wooden nesting blocks that gardeners and farmers across the state use in the spring to house these tiny pollinators. The company offers this service as part of its mason bee rental program.

(Runtime 1:06)Some Northwest dairy farmers have experienced low milk prices, belly-high flooding, extreme heat, extreme cold events and fires in the past…